U.S. patent number 11,129,059 [Application Number 16/714,147] was granted by the patent office on 2021-09-21 for method and apparatus for providing redirection for reception of broadcast content in a 5g stand alone environment.
This patent grant is currently assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated. The grantee listed for this patent is QUALCOMM Incorporated. Invention is credited to Tom Chin, Kuo-Chun Lee, Ajith Tom Payyappilly.
United States Patent |
11,129,059 |
Chin , et al. |
September 21, 2021 |
Method and apparatus for providing redirection for reception of
broadcast content in a 5G stand alone environment
Abstract
In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable
medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a UE.
Further, the apparatus may be configured to determine that content
is available for reception based on broadcast context information.
In an aspect, the apparatus may be in an idle or inactive mode and
may be associated with a first base station that is associated with
a first radio access technology (RAT) that does not support
broadcasting of the content. The apparatus may be further
configured to receive a release message from the first base
station, the release message including redirection information
indicating a second base station associated with a second RAT that
supports broadcasting of the content, establish a connection with
the second base station based on the redirection information, and
receive the content from the second base station using the second
RAT.
Inventors: |
Chin; Tom (San Diego, CA),
Payyappilly; Ajith Tom (San Diego, CA), Lee; Kuo-Chun
(San Diego, CA) |
Applicant: |
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QUALCOMM Incorporated |
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QUALCOMM Incorporated (San
Diego, CA)
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71944650 |
Appl.
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16/714,147 |
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December 13, 2019 |
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36/0007 (20180801); H04W 36/0022 (20130101); H04W
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Primary Examiner: Taylor; Barry W
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Qualcomm Incorporated
Parent Case Text
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application
Ser. No. 62/804,784, entitled "METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING
REDIRECTION FOR RECEPTION OF BROADCAST CONTENT IN A 5G STAND ALONE
ENVIRONMENT" and filed on Feb. 13, 2019, which is assigned to
assigner hereof and expressly incorporated by reference herein in
its entirety.
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. A method of wireless communications, by a user equipment (UE),
comprising: determining, by the UE, that content is available for
reception via broadcast based on broadcast context information,
wherein the UE is in an idle or inactive mode, and wherein the UE
is associated with a first base station that is associated with a
first radio access technology (RAT) that only supports unicasting
but not broadcasting of the content; determining whether the
content is available via broadcast by the first base station;
transmitting a set up message with a cause value to the first base
station in response to determination that the content is not
available via broadcast by the first base station; receiving a
release message from the first base station based on the cause
value, the release message including redirection information
indicating a second base station associated with a second RAT that
supports broadcasting of the content; establishing a connection
with the second base station based on the redirection information;
and receiving the content from the second base station using the
second RAT.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the set up message is a Radio
Resource Control (RRC) set up message or an RRC resume request
message.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the release message is
transmitted by the first base station based on a core network
entity prompting the first base station to transmit the release
message, the core network entity having the broadcast context
information and information about the UE.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving broadcast
context information from a network entity while the UE is in a
connected state.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the content is received via a
broadcast transmission from the second base station.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising: returning to the
first base station; and receiving the content via a unicast
transmission.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the release message further
includes frequency information for the second base station.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the broadcast context information
is an Evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services (eMBMS)
context.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first RAT is 5G new radio
(NR), the first base station is a 5G Node N (gNB), the second RAT
is Long Term Evolution (LTE), and the second base station is an
evolved Node B (eNB).
10. An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising: means for
determining, by the user equipment (UE), that content is available
for reception via broadcast based on broadcast context information,
wherein the UE is in an idle or inactive mode, and wherein the UE
is associated with a first base station that is associated with a
first radio access technology (RAT) that only supports unicasting
but not broadcasting of the content; means for determining whether
the content is available via broadcast by the first base station;
means for transmitting a set up message with a cause value to the
first base station in response to determination that the content is
not available via broadcast by the first base station; means for
receiving a release message from the first base station based on
the cause value, the release message including redirection
information indicating a second base station associated with a
second RAT that supports broadcasting of the content; means for
establishing a connection with the second base station based on the
redirection information; and means for receiving the content from
the second base station using the second RAT.
11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the set up message is a
Radio Resource Control (RRC) set up message or an RRC resume
request message.
12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the release message is
transmitted by the first base station based on a core network
entity prompting the first base station to transmit the release
message, the core network entity having the broadcast context
information and information about the UE.
13. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising: means for
receiving broadcast context information from a network entity while
the UE is in a connected state.
14. An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising: Memory
coupled to at least one processor, the at least one processor
configured to: determine, by an user equipment (UE), that content
is available for reception via broadcast based on broadcast context
information, wherein the UE is in an idle or inactive mode, and
wherein the UE is associated with a first base station that is
associated with a first radio access technology (RAT) that only
supports unicasting but not broadcasting of the content; determine
whether the content is available via broadcast by the first base
station; transmit a set up message with a cause value to the first
base station in response to determination that the content is not
available via broadcast by the first base station; receive a
release message from the first base station based on the cause
value, the release message including redirection information
indicating a second base station associated with a second RAT that
supports broadcasting of the content; establish a connection with
the second base station based on the redirection information; and
receive the content from the second base station using the second
RAT.
15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the set up message is a
Radio Resource Control (RRC) set up message or an RRC resume
request message.
16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the release message is
transmitted by the first base station based on a core network
entity prompting the first base station to transmit the release
message, the core network entity having the broadcast context
information and information about the UE.
17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the at least one processor
is further configured to: receive broadcast context information
from a network entity while the UE is in a connected state.
18. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the content is received via
a broadcast transmission from the second base station.
19. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the at least one processor
is further configured to: return to the first base station; and
receive the content via a unicast transmission.
20. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the release message further
includes frequency information for the second base station.
21. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the broadcast context
information is an Evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services
(eMBMS) context.
22. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the first RAT is 5G new
radio (NR), the first base station is a 5G Node N (gNB), the second
RAT is Long Term Evolution (LTE), and the second base station is an
evolved Node B (eNB).
23. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising code
executable by one or more processors to: determine, by a user
equipment (UE), that content is available for reception via
broadcast based on broadcast context information, wherein the UE is
in an idle or inactive mode, and wherein the UE is associated with
a first base station that is associated with a first radio access
technology (RAT) that only supports unicasting but not broadcasting
of the content; determine whether the content is available via
broadcast by the first base station; transmit a set up message with
a cause value to the first base station in response to
determination that the content is not available via broadcast by
the first base station; receive a release message from the first
base station based on the cause value, the release message
including redirection information indicating a second base station
associated with a second RAT that supports broadcasting of the
content; establish a connection with the second base station based
on the redirection information; and receive the content from the
second base station using the second RAT.
24. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 23,
wherein the set up message is a Radio Resource Control (RRC) set up
message or an RRC resume request message.
25. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 23,
wherein the release message is transmitted by the first base
station based on a core network entity prompting the first base
station to transmit the release message, the core network entity
having the broadcast context information and information about the
UE.
26. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 23,
wherein the code is further executable by one or more processors
to: receive broadcast context information from a network entity
while the UE is in a connected state.
Description
BACKGROUND
Field
The present disclosure relates generally to communication systems,
and more particularly, to providing broadcast content (e.g.,
Evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services (eMBMS)) in a 5G
New Radio (NR) standalone (SA) wireless communications
environment.
Background
Wireless communication systems are widely deployed to provide
various telecommunication services such as telephony, video, data,
messaging, and broadcasts. Typical wireless communication systems
may employ multiple-access technologies capable of supporting
communication with multiple users by sharing available system
resources. Examples of such multiple-access technologies include
code division multiple access (CDMA) systems, time division
multiple access (TDMA) systems, frequency division multiple access
(FDMA) systems, orthogonal frequency division multiple access
(OFDMA) systems, single-carrier frequency division multiple access
(SC-FDMA) systems, and time division synchronous code division
multiple access (TD-SCDMA) systems.
These multiple radio access technologies (RATs) have been adopted
in various telecommunication standards to provide a common protocol
that enables different wireless devices to communicate on a
municipal, national, regional, and even global level. An example
telecommunication standard is 5G New Radio (NR). 5G NR is part of a
continuous mobile broadband evolution promulgated by Third
Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) to meet new requirements
associated with latency, reliability, security, scalability (e.g.,
with Internet of Things (IoT)), and other requirements. Some
aspects of 5G NR may be based on the 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE)
standard. There exists a need for further improvements in 5G NR
technology. These improvements may also be applicable to other
multi-access technologies and the telecommunication standards that
employ these technologies.
Broadcast content providing systems, such as but not limited to
eMBMS, may not be supported by all RATs with which a user equipment
(UE) may be associated (e.g., 5G NR SA). As such, there is a need
for improved redirection procedures to enable a UE to efficiently
receive broadcast content.
SUMMARY
The following presents a simplified summary of one or more aspects
in order to provide a basic understanding of such aspects. This
summary is not an extensive overview of all contemplated aspects,
and is intended to neither identify key or critical elements of all
aspects nor delineate the scope of any or all aspects. Its sole
purpose is to present some concepts of one or more aspects in a
simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that
is presented later.
In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable
medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a UE.
Further, the apparatus may be configured to determine that content
is available for reception based on broadcast context information.
In an aspect, the apparatus may be in an idle or inactive mode and
may be associated with a first base station that is associated with
a first radio access technology (RAT) that does not support
broadcasting of the content. The apparatus may be further
configured to receive a release message from the first base
station, the release message including redirection information
indicating a second base station associated with a second RAT that
supports broadcasting of the content, establish a connection with
the second base station based on the redirection information, and
receive the content from the second base station using the second
RAT.
A method of wireless communication is described. The method may be
performed by a UE. Further, the method including determining, by a
UE, that content is available for reception based on broadcast
context information. In an aspect, the UE may be in an idle or
inactive mode and may be associated with a first base station that
is associated with a first radio access technology (RAT) that does
not support broadcasting of the content. The method may further
include receiving a release message from the first base station,
the release message including redirection information indicating a
second base station associated with a second RAT that supports
broadcasting of the content, establishing a connection with the
second base station based on the redirection information, and
receiving the content from the second base station using the second
RAT.
An apparatus for wireless communication is described. The apparatus
may include means for determining that content is available for
reception based on broadcast context information. In an aspect, the
apparatus may be in an idle or inactive mode and may be associated
with a first base station that is associated with a first radio
access technology (RAT) that does not support broadcasting of the
content. The apparatus may further include means for receiving a
release message from the first base station, the release message
including redirection information indicating a second base station
associated with a second RAT that supports broadcasting of the
content, means for establishing a connection with the second base
station based on the redirection information, and means for
receiving the content from the second base station using the second
RAT.
A non-transitory computer readable medium for wireless
communication is described. The non-transitory computer-readable
medium may include instructions to cause a processor to determine,
by an apparatus, that content is available for reception based on
broadcast context information. In an aspect, the apparatus may be
in an idle or inactive mode and may be associated with a first base
station that is associated with a first radio access technology
(RAT) that does not support broadcasting of the content. The
non-transitory computer-readable medium may include further
instructions to cause a processor to receive a release message from
the first base station, the release message including redirection
information indicating a second base station associated with a
second RAT that supports broadcasting of the content, establish a
connection with the second base station based on the redirection
information, and receive the content from the second base station
using the second RAT.
To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends, the one or
more aspects comprise the features hereinafter fully described and
particularly pointed out in the claims. The following description
and the annexed drawings set forth in detail certain illustrative
features of the one or more aspects. These features are indicative,
however, of but a few of the various ways in which the principles
of various aspects may be employed, and this description is
intended to include all such aspects and their equivalents.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a wireless
communications system and an access network.
FIGS. 2A, 2B, 2C, and 2D are diagrams illustrating examples of a DL
frame structure, DL channels within the DL frame structure, an UL
frame structure, and UL channels within the UL frame structure,
respectively.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a base station and
user equipment (UE) in an access network.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example wireless communications
system with a UE and multiple RATs.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a method of wireless communication.
FIG. 6 is a call flow diagram illustrating a broadcast content
redirection procedure in an example aspect.
FIG. 7 is a call flow diagram illustrating a broadcast content
redirection procedure in another example aspect.
FIG. 8 is a conceptual data flow diagram illustrating the data flow
between different means/components in an example apparatus.
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware
implementation for an apparatus employing a processing system.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
The detailed description set forth below in connection with the
appended drawings is intended as a description of various
configurations and is not intended to represent the only
configurations in which the concepts described herein may be
practiced. The detailed description includes specific details for
the purpose of providing a thorough understanding of various
concepts. However, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art
that these concepts may be practiced without these specific
details. In some instances, well known structures and components
are shown in block diagram form in order to avoid obscuring such
concepts.
Several aspects of telecommunication systems will now be presented
with reference to various apparatus and methods. These apparatus
and methods will be described in the following detailed description
and illustrated in the accompanying drawings by various blocks,
components, circuits, processes, algorithms, etc. (collectively
referred to as "elements"). These elements may be implemented using
electronic hardware, computer software, or any combination thereof.
Whether such elements are implemented as hardware or software
depends upon the particular application and design constraints
imposed on the overall system.
By way of example, an element, or any portion of an element, or any
combination of elements may be implemented as a "processing system"
that includes one or more processors. Examples of processors
include microprocessors, microcontrollers, graphics processing
units (GPUs), central processing units (CPUs), application
processors, digital signal processors (DSPs), reduced instruction
set computing (RISC) processors, systems on a chip (SoC), baseband
processors, field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), programmable
logic devices (PLDs), state machines, gated logic, discrete
hardware circuits, and other suitable hardware configured to
perform the various functionality described throughout this
disclosure. One or more processors in the processing system may
execute software. Software shall be construed broadly to mean
instructions, instruction sets, code, code segments, program code,
programs, subprograms, software components, applications, software
applications, software packages, routines, subroutines, objects,
executables, threads of execution, procedures, functions, etc.,
whether referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode,
hardware description language, or otherwise.
Accordingly, in one or more example aspects, the functions
described may be implemented in hardware, software, or any
combination thereof. If implemented in software, the functions may
be stored on or encoded as one or more instructions or code on a
computer-readable medium. Computer-readable media includes computer
storage media. Storage media may be any available media that can be
accessed by a computer. By way of example, and not limitation, such
computer-readable media can comprise a random-access memory (RAM),
a read-only memory (ROM), an electrically erasable programmable ROM
(EEPROM), optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage, other
magnetic storage devices, combinations of the aforementioned types
of computer-readable media, or any other medium that can be used to
store computer executable code in the form of instructions or data
structures that can be accessed by a computer.
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a wireless
communications system and an access network 100. The wireless
communications system (also referred to as a wireless wide area
network (WWAN)) includes base stations 102, UEs 104, and an Evolved
Packet Core (EPC) 160. The base stations 102 may include macro
cells (high power cellular base station) and/or small cells (low
power cellular base station). The macro cells include base
stations. The small cells include femtocells, picocells, and
microcells.
The base stations 102 (collectively referred to as Evolved
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio
Access Network (E-UTRAN)) interface with the EPC 160 through
backhaul links 132 (e.g., S1 interface). In addition to other
functions, the base stations 102 may perform one or more of the
following functions: transfer of user data, radio channel ciphering
and deciphering, integrity protection, header compression, mobility
control functions (e.g., handover, dual connectivity), inter-cell
interference coordination, connection setup and release, load
balancing, distribution for non-access stratum (NAS) messages, NAS
node selection, synchronization, radio access network (RAN)
sharing, multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS), subscriber
and equipment trace, RAN information management (RIM), paging,
positioning, and delivery of warning messages. The base stations
102 may communicate directly or indirectly (e.g., through the EPC
160) with each other over backhaul links 134 (e.g., X2 interface).
The backhaul links 134 may be wired or wireless.
The base stations 102 may wirelessly communicate with the UEs 104.
Each of the base stations 102 may provide communication coverage
for a respective geographic coverage area 110. There may be
overlapping geographic coverage areas 110. For example, the small
cell 102' may have a coverage area 110' that overlaps the coverage
area 110 of one or more macro base stations 102. A network that
includes both small cell and macro cells may be known as a
heterogeneous network. A heterogeneous network may also include
Home Evolved Node Bs (eNBs) (HeNBs), which may provide service to a
restricted group known as a closed subscriber group (CSG). The
communication links 120 between the base stations 102 and the UEs
104 may include uplink (UL) (also referred to as reverse link)
transmissions from a UE 104 to a base station 102 and/or downlink
(DL) (also referred to as forward link) transmissions from a base
station 102 to a UE 104. The communication links 120 may use
multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) antenna technology,
including spatial multiplexing, beamforming, and/or transmit
diversity. The communication links may be through one or more
carriers. The base stations 102/UEs 104 may use spectrum up to Y
MHz (e.g., 5, 10, 15, 20, 100 MHz) bandwidth per carrier allocated
in a carrier aggregation of up to a total of Yx MHz (x component
carriers) used for transmission in each direction. The carriers may
or may not be adjacent to each other. Allocation of carriers may be
asymmetric with respect to DL and UL (e.g., more or less carriers
may be allocated for DL than for UL). The component carriers may
include a primary component carrier and one or more secondary
component carriers. A primary component carrier may be referred to
as a primary cell (PCell) and a secondary component carrier may be
referred to as a secondary cell (SCell).
Certain UEs 104 may communicate with each other using
device-to-device (D2D) communication link 192. The D2D
communication link 192 may use the DL/UL WWAN spectrum. The D2D
communication link 192 may use one or more sidelink channels, such
as a physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH), a physical
sidelink discovery channel (PSDCH), a physical sidelink shared
channel (PSSCH), and a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH).
D2D communication may be through a variety of wireless D2D
communications systems, such as for example, FlashLinQ, WiMedia,
Bluetooth, ZigBee, Wi-Fi based on the IEEE 802.11 standard, LTE, or
NR.
The wireless communications system may further include a Wi-Fi
access point (AP) 150 in communication with Wi-Fi stations (STAs)
152 via communication links 154 in a 5 GHz unlicensed frequency
spectrum. When communicating in an unlicensed frequency spectrum,
the STAs 152/AP 150 may perform a clear channel assessment (CCA)
prior to communicating in order to determine whether the channel is
available.
The small cell 102' may operate in a licensed and/or an unlicensed
frequency spectrum. When operating in an unlicensed frequency
spectrum, the small cell 102' may employ NR and use the same 5 GHz
unlicensed frequency spectrum as used by the Wi-Fi AP 150. The
small cell 102', employing NR in an unlicensed frequency spectrum,
may boost coverage to and/or increase capacity of the access
network.
The gNodeB (gNB) 180 may operate in millimeter wave (mmW)
frequencies and/or near mmW frequencies in communication with the
UE 104. When the gNB 180 operates in mmW or near mmW frequencies,
the gNB 180 may be referred to as an mmW base station. Extremely
high frequency (EHF) is part of the RF in the electromagnetic
spectrum. EHF has a range of 30 GHz to 300 GHz and a wavelength
between 1 millimeter and 10 millimeters. Radio waves in the band
may be referred to as a millimeter wave. Near mmW may extend down
to a frequency of 3 GHz with a wavelength of 100 millimeters. The
super high frequency (SHF) band extends between 3 GHz and 30 GHz,
also referred to as centimeter wave. Communications using the
mmW/near mmW radio frequency band has extremely high path loss and
a short range. The mmW base station 180 may utilize beamforming 184
with the UE 104 to compensate for the extremely high path loss and
short range.
The EPC 160 may include a Mobility Management Entity (MME) 162,
other MMEs 164, a Serving Gateway 166, a Multimedia Broadcast
Multicast Service (MBMS) Gateway 168, a Broadcast Multicast Service
Center (BM-SC) 170, and a Packet Data Network (PDN) Gateway 172.
The MME 162 may be in communication with a Home Subscriber Server
(HSS) 174. The MME 162 is the control node that processes the
signaling between the UEs 104 and the EPC 160. Generally, the MME
162 provides bearer and connection management. All user Internet
protocol (IP) packets are transferred through the Serving Gateway
166, which itself is connected to the PDN Gateway 172. The PDN
Gateway 172 provides UE IP address allocation as well as other
functions. The PDN Gateway 172 and the BM-SC 170 are connected to
the IP Services 176. The IP Services 176 may include the Internet,
an intranet, an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), a PS Streaming
Service, and/or other IP services. The BM-SC 170 may provide
functions for MBMS user service provisioning and delivery. The
BM-SC 170 may serve as an entry point for content provider MBMS
transmission, may be used to authorize and initiate MBMS Bearer
Services within a public land mobile network (PLMN), and may be
used to schedule MBMS transmissions. The MBMS Gateway 168 may be
used to distribute MBMS traffic to the base stations 102 belonging
to a Multicast Broadcast Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) area
broadcasting a particular service and may be responsible for
session management (start/stop) and for collecting eMBMS related
charging information.
The base station may also be referred to as a gNB, Node B, evolved
Node B (eNB), an access point, a base transceiver station, a radio
base station, a radio transceiver, a transceiver function, a basic
service set (BSS), an extended service set (ESS), or some other
suitable terminology. The base station 102 provides an access point
to the EPC 160 for a UE 104. Examples of UEs 104 include a cellular
phone, a smart phone, a session initiation protocol (SIP) phone, a
laptop, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a satellite radio, a
global positioning system, a multimedia device, a video device, a
digital audio player (e.g., MP3 player), a camera, a game console,
a tablet, a smart device, a wearable device, a vehicle, an electric
meter, a gas pump, a toaster, or any other similar functioning
device. Some of the UEs 104 may be referred to as IoT devices
(e.g., parking meter, gas pump, toaster, vehicles, etc.). The UE
104 may also be referred to as a station, a mobile station, a
subscriber station, a mobile unit, a subscriber unit, a wireless
unit, a remote unit, a mobile device, a wireless device, a wireless
communications device, a remote device, a mobile subscriber
station, an access terminal, a mobile terminal, a wireless
terminal, a remote terminal, a handset, a user agent, a mobile
client, a client, or some other suitable terminology.
Referring again to FIG. 1, in certain aspects, the UE 104 may
include a content detection/reception component 198. Initially,
although the following description may be focused towards
discussion of reception of eMBMS based services when a UE is camped
on a 5G NR SA cell, the concepts described herein may be applicable
to any situation in which a UE is camped on a RAT and/or a cell
that does not support reception of broadcast services of which the
UE is aware, and there is another RAT and/or cell available to
provide such broadcast services. In an aspect, content
detection/reception component 198 may enable UE 104 to establish
and/or reestablish reception of broadcast content in an efficient
manner. Initially, eMBMS context (e.g., content reception related
information) may be received via a unicast channel. The unicast
reception the eMBMS context may occur while the UE 104 is camped on
a 5G NR SA based cell. The UE 104 may be in a radio resource
control (RRC) Idle mode and/or an RRC Inactive mode while being
camped on the 5G NR SA based cell. UE 104 can receive eMBMS context
by setting up or resuming a connection to receive context using a
unicast connection via a 5G NR link. Broadcast services, such as
eMBMS have been supported in LTE since Release 9, however eMBMS may
not be supported in 5G NR SA based cells. Currently, 5G NR SA based
cells do not provide for a mechanism to broadcast any system
information block (SIB) to guide UE where to receive eMBMS in LTE.
In LTE based cells, eMBMS services may be broadcast using an LTE
PMCH channel. Additionally, LTE based cells provide a smooth
transition procedure between unicast to multicast using eMBMS
Operation on Demand (MooD). As such, content detection/reception
component 198 may enable UE 104 to redirect to an LTE based cell to
receive the content in a broadcast manner. Furthermore, content
detection/reception component 198 may enable UE 104 to return to a
5G NR based cell to receive the content in a unicast manner. In an
aspect, content detection/reception component 198 may enable UE 104
to include a cause value (e.g., cause=eMBMS) in a RRC request
message (e.g., RRCSetupRequest, RRC ResumeRequest, etc.) prompting
the 5G based cell to redirect the UE to an LTE based cell that
supports eMBMS broadcasts. In another aspect, a network entity
(e.g., MBMS GW 168) may prompt the 5G based cell to redirect the UE
to an LTE based cell that supports eMBMS broadcasts.
FIG. 2A is a diagram 200 illustrating an example of a DL frame
structure. FIG. 2B is a diagram 230 illustrating an example of
channels within the DL frame structure. FIG. 2C is a diagram 250
illustrating an example of an UL frame structure. FIG. 2D is a
diagram 280 illustrating an example of channels within the UL frame
structure. Other wireless communication technologies may have a
different frame structure and/or different channels. A frame (10
ms) may be divided into 10 equally sized subframes. Each subframe
may include two consecutive time slots. A resource grid may be used
to represent the two time slots, each time slot including one or
more time concurrent resource blocks (RBs) (also referred to as
physical RBs (PRBs)). The resource grid is divided into multiple
resource elements (REs). For a normal cyclic prefix, an RB may
contain 12 consecutive subcarriers in the frequency domain and 7
consecutive symbols (for DL, OFDM symbols; for UL, SC-FDMA symbols)
in the time domain, for a total of 84 REs. For an extended cyclic
prefix, an RB may contain 12 consecutive subcarriers in the
frequency domain and 6 consecutive symbols in the time domain, for
a total of 72 REs. The number of bits carried by each RE depends on
the modulation scheme.
As illustrated in FIG. 2A, some of the REs carry DL reference
(pilot) signals (DL-RS) for channel estimation at the UE. The DL-RS
may include cell-specific reference signals (CRS) (also sometimes
called common RS), UE-specific reference signals (UE-RS), and
channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS). FIG. 2A
illustrates CRS for antenna ports 0, 1, 2, and 3 (indicated as
R.sub.0, R.sub.1, R.sub.2, and R.sub.3, respectively), UE-RS for
antenna port 5 (indicated as R.sub.5), and CSI-RS for antenna port
15 (indicated as R).
FIG. 2B illustrates an example of various channels within a DL
subframe of a frame. The physical control format indicator channel
(PCFICH) is within symbol 0 of slot 0, and carries a control format
indicator (CFI) that indicates whether the physical downlink
control channel (PDCCH) occupies 1, 2, or 3 symbols (FIG. 2B
illustrates a PDCCH that occupies 3 symbols). The PDCCH carries
downlink control information (DCI) within one or more control
channel elements (CCEs), each CCE including nine RE groups (REGs),
each REG including four consecutive REs in an OFDM symbol. A UE may
be configured with a UE-specific enhanced PDCCH (ePDCCH) that also
carries DCI. The ePDCCH may have 2, 4, or 8 RB pairs (FIG. 2B shows
two RB pairs, each subset including one RB pair). The physical
hybrid automatic repeat request (ARQ) (HARQ) indicator channel
(PHICH) is also within symbol 0 of slot 0 and carries the HARQ
indicator (HI) that indicates HARQ acknowledgement (ACK)/negative
ACK (NACK) feedback based on the physical uplink shared channel
(PUSCH). The primary synchronization channel (PSCH) may be within
symbol 6 of slot 0 within subframes 0 and 5 of a frame. The PSCH
carries a primary synchronization signal (PSS) that is used by a UE
104 to determine subframe/symbol timing and a physical layer
identity. The secondary synchronization channel (SSCH) may be
within symbol 5 of slot 0 within subframes 0 and 5 of a frame. The
SSCH carries a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) that is used
by a UE to determine a physical layer cell identity group number
and radio frame timing. Based on the physical layer identity and
the physical layer cell identity group number, the UE can determine
a physical cell identifier (PCI). Based on the PCI, the UE can
determine the locations of the aforementioned DL-RS. The physical
broadcast channel (PBCH), which carries a master information block
(MIB), may be logically grouped with the PSCH and SSCH to form a
synchronization signal (SS) block. The MIB provides a number of RBs
in the DL system bandwidth, a PHICH configuration, and a system
frame number (SFN). The physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH)
carries user data, broadcast system information not transmitted
through the PBCH such as SIBs, and paging messages.
As illustrated in FIG. 2C, some of the REs carry demodulation
reference signals (DM-RS) for channel estimation at the base
station. The UE may additionally transmit sounding reference
signals (SRS) in the last symbol of a subframe. The SRS may have a
comb structure, and a UE may transmit SRS on one of the combs. The
SRS may be used by a base station for channel quality estimation to
enable frequency-dependent scheduling on the UL.
FIG. 2D illustrates an example of various channels within an UL
subframe of a frame. A physical random access channel (PRACH) may
be within one or more subframes within a frame based on the PRACH
configuration. The PRACH may include six consecutive RB pairs
within a subframe. The PRACH allows the UE to perform initial
system access and achieve UL synchronization. A physical uplink
control channel (PUCCH) may be located on edges of the UL system
bandwidth. The PUCCH carries uplink control information (UCI), such
as scheduling requests, a channel quality indicator (CQI), a
precoding matrix indicator (PMI), a rank indicator (RI), and HARQ
ACK/NACK feedback. The PUSCH carries data and may additionally be
used to carry a buffer status report (BSR), a power headroom report
(PHR), and/or UCI.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a base station 310 in communication
with a UE 350 in an access network. In the DL, IP packets from the
EPC 160 may be provided to a controller/processor 375. The
controller/processor 375 implements layer 3 and layer 2
functionality. Layer 3 includes a RRC layer, and layer 2 includes a
packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer, a radio link control
(RLC) layer, and a medium access control (MAC) layer. The
controller/processor 375 provides RRC layer functionality
associated with broadcasting of system information (e.g., MIB,
SIBs), RRC connection control (e.g., RRC connection paging, RRC
connection establishment, RRC connection modification, and RRC
connection release), inter radio access technology (RAT) mobility,
and measurement configuration for UE measurement reporting; PDCP
layer functionality associated with header
compression/decompression, security (ciphering, deciphering,
integrity protection, integrity verification), and handover support
functions; RLC layer functionality associated with the transfer of
upper layer packet data units (PDUs), error correction through ARQ,
concatenation, segmentation, and reassembly of RLC service data
units (SDUs), re-segmentation of RLC data PDUs, and reordering of
RLC data PDUs; and MAC layer functionality associated with mapping
between logical channels and transport channels, multiplexing of
MAC SDUs onto transport blocks (TBs), demultiplexing of MAC SDUs
from TBs, scheduling information reporting, error correction
through HARQ, priority handling, and logical channel
prioritization.
The transmit (TX) processor 316 and the receive (RX) processor 370
implement layer 1 functionality associated with various signal
processing functions. Layer 1, which includes a physical (PHY)
layer, may include error detection on the transport channels,
forward error correction (FEC) coding/decoding of the transport
channels, interleaving, rate matching, mapping onto physical
channels, modulation/demodulation of physical channels, and MIMO
antenna processing. The TX processor 316 handles mapping to signal
constellations based on various modulation schemes (e.g., binary
phase-shift keying (BPSK), quadrature phase-shift keying (QPSK),
M-phase-shift keying (M-PSK), M-quadrature amplitude modulation
(M-QAM)). The coded and modulated symbols may then be split into
parallel streams. Each stream may then be mapped to an OFDM
subcarrier, multiplexed with a reference signal (e.g., pilot) in
the time and/or frequency domain, and then combined together using
an Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) to produce a physical
channel carrying a time domain OFDM symbol stream. The OFDM stream
is spatially precoded to produce multiple spatial streams. Channel
estimates from a channel estimator 374 may be used to determine the
coding and modulation scheme, as well as for spatial processing.
The channel estimate may be derived from a reference signal and/or
channel condition feedback transmitted by the UE 350. Each spatial
stream may then be provided to a different antenna 320 via a
separate transmitter 318TX. Each transmitter 318TX may modulate an
RF carrier with a respective spatial stream for transmission.
At the UE 350, each receiver 354RX receives a signal through its
respective antenna 352. Each receiver 354RX recovers information
modulated onto an RF carrier and provides the information to the
receive (RX) processor 356. The TX processor 368 and the RX
processor 356 implement layer 1 functionality associated with
various signal processing functions. The RX processor 356 may
perform spatial processing on the information to recover any
spatial streams destined for the UE 350. If multiple spatial
streams are destined for the UE 350, they may be combined by the RX
processor 356 into a single OFDM symbol stream. The RX processor
356 then converts the OFDM symbol stream from the time-domain to
the frequency domain using a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT). The
frequency domain signal comprises a separate OFDM symbol stream for
each subcarrier of the OFDM signal. The symbols on each subcarrier,
and the reference signal, are recovered and demodulated by
determining the most likely signal constellation points transmitted
by the base station 310. These soft decisions may be based on
channel estimates computed by the channel estimator 358. The soft
decisions are then decoded and deinterleaved to recover the data
and control signals that were originally transmitted by the base
station 310 on the physical channel. The data and control signals
are then provided to the controller/processor 359, which implements
layer 3 and layer 2 functionality.
The controller/processor 359 can be associated with a memory 360
that stores program codes and data. The memory 360 may be referred
to as a computer-readable medium. In the UL, the
controller/processor 359 provides demultiplexing between transport
and logical channels, packet reassembly, deciphering, header
decompression, and control signal processing to recover IP packets
from the EPC 160. The controller/processor 359 is also responsible
for error detection using an ACK and/or NACK protocol to support
HARQ operations.
Similar to the functionality described in connection with the DL
transmission by the base station 310, the controller/processor 359
provides RRC layer functionality associated with system information
(e.g., MIB, SIBs) acquisition, RRC connections, and measurement
reporting; PDCP layer functionality associated with header
compression/decompression, and security (ciphering, deciphering,
integrity protection, integrity verification); RLC layer
functionality associated with the transfer of upper layer PDUs,
error correction through ARQ, concatenation, segmentation, and
reassembly of RLC SDUs, re-segmentation of RLC data PDUs, and
reordering of RLC data PDUs; and MAC layer functionality associated
with mapping between logical channels and transport channels,
multiplexing of MAC SDUs onto TBs, demultiplexing of MAC SDUs from
TBs, scheduling information reporting, error correction through
HARQ, priority handling, and logical channel prioritization.
Channel estimates derived by a channel estimator 358 from a
reference signal or feedback transmitted by the base station 310
may be used by the TX processor 368 to select the appropriate
coding and modulation schemes, and to facilitate spatial
processing. The spatial streams generated by the TX processor 368
may be provided to different antenna 352 via separate transmitters
354TX. Each transmitter 354TX may modulate an RF carrier with a
respective spatial stream for transmission.
The UL transmission is processed at the base station 310 in a
manner similar to that described in connection with the receiver
function at the UE 350. Each receiver 318RX receives a signal
through its respective antenna 320. Each receiver 318RX recovers
information modulated onto an RF carrier and provides the
information to a RX processor 370.
The controller/processor 375 can be associated with a memory 376
that stores program codes and data. The memory 376 may be referred
to as a computer-readable medium. In the UL, the
controller/processor 375 provides demultiplexing between transport
and logical channels, packet reassembly, deciphering, header
decompression, control signal processing to recover IP packets from
the UE 350. IP packets from the controller/processor 375 may be
provided to the EPC 160. The controller/processor 375 is also
responsible for error detection using an ACK and/or NACK protocol
to support HARQ operations.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example wireless communications
system 400 with a UE 402 that may communicate with one or more base
stations (404, 406) using one or more RATs (408, 410). In an
aspect, UE 402 may be camped on a cell associated with a RAT (e.g.,
5G NR, LTE, 3G, 2G, EV-DO, etc.). For example, UE 402 may be camped
on a 5G cell (e.g., communicating with base station 404 using RAT
408). In an aspect, UE 402 may be in an RRC Idle mode, RRC inactive
mode, etc. Further, the wireless communications system 400 may
include another cell that supports content distribution via
broadcast (e.g., base station 406 using LTE based RAT 410).
UE 402 may include content detection component 420 that enables UE
402 to detect availability of broadcast provided content 424 and/or
unicast provided content 426. In an aspect, content detection
component 420 may use content context (e.g., eMBMS context) to
detect what content is available and the manner in which it may be
received (e.g., via broadcast or via unicast). UE 402 may further
include content reception module 430 that may enable UE 402 to
receive broadcast content 424 through broadcast reception 432
and/or unicast content 426 via unicast reception 434.
In an operational aspect, UE 402 may be camped on a 5G cell (e.g.,
base station 404 supported by 5G RAT 408). Through content context
422, content detection component 420 may determine that content is
available for reception through content reception component 430.
Further, UE 402 may determine that the content is available via
broadcast reception 432 from another cell (e.g., base station 406
via LTE based RAT 410). In such an operational aspect, UE 402 may
be redirected to the LTE based cell for broadcast reception 432 of
the broadcast content 424. In an aspect, UE 402 may send a request
message (e.g., RRC Setup Request, RRC Resume Request) prompting
base station 404 to release UE 402 and redirect the UE to the LTE
based base station 406. Further, the release message (e.g., RRC
Release) may include carrier information for the base station that
supports broadcast reception 432 of the broadcast content 424.
Still further, the release message may include broadcast frequency
(e.g., eMBMS frequency) information to expedite the redirection
process to the base station 406 that supports broadcasting the
content. In another operational aspect, once UE 402 is receiving
content via broadcast reception 432 from base station 406, the UE
402 may be directed to return to the 5G based RAT 408 and receive
the content via unicast reception 434 from base station 404.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart 500 of a method of wireless communication.
The method may be performed by a UE (e.g., UE 104, UE 402). In an
optional aspect, at 502, the UE may receive content context. As
noted above, the content context may provide the UE with
information associated with reception of content via broadcast
and/or unicast transmissions. Further, in an aspect, the content
context may be received from an upper layer and/or while the UE was
in a connected state. In an aspect, UE 402 content detection
component 420 may be configured to receive the content context 422
such as described at 502.
At 504, the UE may detect that there is content of interest. In
other words, the UE may determine, from the content context, that
there is content that a user of the UE may be interested in
receiving. In an aspect, UE 402 content detection component 420
and/or content reception component 320 may be configured to
determine if there is content of interest to be received as
described at 504.
At 506, the UE may determine whether the content is available on a
cell currently serving the UE. For example, when a UE is camped on
a 5G NR based cell, the UE may not be able to receive content via a
broadcast communication. In another example, when the UE is camped
on the 5G NR based call, the UE may be able to receive content via
a unicast communication. In an aspect, UE 402 content reception
component 430 may determine whether the UE is able to receive the
content of interest. If at 506, the UE determines that the content
of interest is able to be received via the cell upon which the UE
is currently camped, then at 508, the UE may proceed with receiving
the content. In an aspect, reception of the content may also
include any intermediate setup steps that allow the UE to receive
the content.
By contrast, if at 506, the UE determines that the content of
interest is not able to be received via the cell upon which the UE
is currently camped, then at 510, the UE may be released from the
current cell. In an optional aspect, the UE may be released from
the current cell by transmitting a request message (e.g., RRC
Setup, RRC Resume) with a cause value (e.g., cause=eMBMS)
indicating that there is content of interest available from another
cell. In another aspect, a network entity may be aware that the UE
has expressed an interest in reception of content, and that the UE
is currently camped on a cell that does not support broadcast
transmission of the content. In such an aspect, the network entity
may prompt the base station to release the UE and provide the UE
with information related to a base station that can provide the
content of interest via broadcast. Further, in such an aspect, the
network entity may provide the currently serving base station with
frequency information for the base station that can provide the
content of interest via broadcast. In an aspect, UE 402 content
reception component 430 may be configured to enable broadcast
reception 432 and/or unicast reception 434 depending at least in
part of which base station can provide the content of interest and
the manner in which the UE intends to receive the content of
interest as described at 510.
At 512, the UE may establish a connection with a cell that can
provide the content of interest via a selected reception manner
(e.g., broadcast or unicast). As noted above, the UE may receive
information related to a base station that can support transmission
of the content of interest via the selected reception manner. The
information may be in the form of an information element (IE) in an
RRC release message (e.g., RRC Release (redirectedcarrierinfo).
Additionally, as noted above, the information may further include
frequency information (e.g., eMBMS frequency). In an aspect, UE 402
content reception component 430 may enable the UE to establish a
connection with a cell/base station that can provide the content of
interest via a selected reception manner (e.g., broadcast or
unicast) as describe at 512. Once the UE has established a
connection with a base station that provide the content of
interest, the UE may, at 508, receive the content. In an optional
aspect, the UE may switch the manner in which it received the
content of interest. For example, a network entity may decide that
the content of interest should be received via unicast rather than
broadcast. In another example, the UE may lose the broadcast
signal. In such instances, the UE may switch base stations and/or
reception modes until it is connected to a base station that
supports transmission of the content of interest. For example, the
UE may return to the 5G NR based cell/base station and receive the
content of interest via unicast.
FIG. 6 is a call flow diagram 600 illustrating interactions between
a UE 602, a NR based cell 604, and an LTE based cell 606 according
to an aspect. In the depicted aspect, the UE 602 may be in an RRC
idle and/or RRC inactive mode in communication with NR based cell
604. Further, UE 602 may have content context (e.g., eMBMS context)
providing content reception related information for one or more
content items of potential interest. For example, the UE 602 may
have received the content context via a unicast communication.
At 608, UE 602 may determine that a content item of interest is
potentially available and transmit a request message 608 to NR
based Cell 604. For example, the request message 608 may be an RRC
setup request message, an RRC Resume Request message, etc. In an
aspect, the cause value may indicate an interest to receive
broadcast content (e.g., cause=eMBMS).
At 610, the UE 602 and NR based cell 604 may transition into an RRC
connected state. In an aspect, the transition into the RRC
connected state may be based on the request message transmitted by
the UE 602. For example, an RRC Connection Setup process may be
associated with reception of an RRC Setup Request message.
Similarly, an RRC Connection Reconfiguration process may be
associated with reception of an RRC Resume Request.
At 612, the NR based cell 604 may transmit a release message 612
redirecting the UE 602 to the LTE based cell 606. In an aspect, the
UE is redirected to the LTE based cell 606 because the LTE based
cell 606 supports broadcast transmissions of the content of
interest. In an aspect, the release message may include an IE
(e.g., redirected CarrierInfo) indicating the LTE based cell 606 to
which to redirect. The UE 602 may establish a connection with the
LTE based cell 606.
At 614, the UE 602 may receive the content of interest as it is
broadcast 614 by the LTE based cell 606.
FIG. 7 is a call flow diagram 700 illustrating interactions between
a UE 702, a NR based cell 704, and an LTE based cell 706 according
to another aspect. In the depicted aspect, the UE 702 may be in an
RRC idle and/or RRC inactive mode in communication with NR based
cell 704. Further, UE 702 may have content context (e.g., eMBMS
context) providing content reception related information for one or
more content items of potential interest. For example, the UE 702
may have received the content context via a unicast
communication.
At 708, the UE 702 and NR based cell 704 may transition into an RRC
connected state. In an aspect, the transition into the RRC
connected state may be based on information from a network entity
(e.g., 5G core network entity) and associated with the context the
UE received.
At 710, NR based cell 704 may check context information and
determine a cell to which to redirect. For example, the NR based
cell 704 may check eMBMS context and determine an LTE frequency to
which to redirect the UE 702.
At 712, the NR based cell 704 may transmit a release message 712
redirecting the UE 702 to the LTE based cell 706. In an aspect, the
UE is redirected to the LTE based cell 706 because the LTE based
cell 706 supports broadcast transmissions of the content of
interest. In an aspect, the release message may include an IE
(e.g., RedirectedCarrierinfo) indicating the LTE based cell 706 to
which to redirect. The UE 702 may establish a connection with the
LTE based cell 706.
At 714, the UE 702 may receive the content of interest as it is
broadcast 714 by the LTE based cell 706.
FIG. 8 is a conceptual data flow diagram 800 illustrating the data
flow between different means/components in an exemplary apparatus
802. The apparatus may be a UE. The apparatus includes a reception
component 804 that may receive information 812 from the network
850, content detection component 806 that may, based at least
partially on the received information 812, determine that content
of interest 814 is available, a content reception component 808
that may enable UE 802 to determine whether the content of interest
814 is to be received via unicast or broadcast transmission, and a
transmission component 810 to enable to UE 800 to request 820 to be
redirected to a cell that supports broadcasting the content of
interest 814.
The apparatus may include additional components that perform each
of the blocks of the algorithm in the aforementioned flowchart of
FIG. 5 and call flows of FIGS. 6 and 7. As such, each block in the
aforementioned flowchart of FIG. 5 and steps in the aforementioned
call flows of FIGS. 6 and 7 be performed by a component and the
apparatus may include one or more of those components. The
components may be one or more hardware components specifically
configured to carry out the stated processes/algorithm, implemented
by a processor configured to perform the stated
processes/algorithm, stored within a computer-readable medium for
implementation by a processor, or some combination thereof.
FIG. 9 is a diagram 900 illustrating an example of a hardware
implementation for an apparatus 802' employing a processing system
914. The processing system 914 may be implemented with a bus
architecture, represented generally by the bus 924. The bus 924 may
include any number of interconnecting buses and bridges depending
on the specific application of the processing system 914 and the
overall design constraints. The bus 924 links together various
circuits including one or more processors and/or hardware
components, represented by the processor 904, the components 804,
806, 808, 810 and the computer-readable medium/memory 806. The bus
924 may also link various other circuits such as timing sources,
peripherals, voltage regulators, and power management circuits,
which are well known in the art, and therefore, will not be
described any further.
The processing system 914 may be coupled to a transceiver 910. The
transceiver 910 is coupled to one or more antennas 920. The
transceiver 910 provides a means for communicating with various
other apparatus over a transmission medium. The transceiver 910
receives a signal from the one or more antennas 920, extracts
information from the received signal, and provides the extracted
information to the processing system 914, specifically the
reception component 904. In addition, the transceiver 910 receives
information from the processing system 914, specifically the
transmission component 910, and based on the received information,
generates a signal to be applied to the one or more antennas 920.
The processing system 914 includes a processor 904 coupled to a
computer-readable medium/memory 906. The processor 904 is
responsible for general processing, including the execution of
software stored on the computer-readable medium/memory 906. The
software, when executed by the processor 804, causes the processing
system 914 to perform the various functions described supra for any
particular apparatus. The computer-readable medium/memory 806 may
also be used for storing data that is manipulated by the processor
804 when executing software. The processing system 914 further
includes at least one of the components 804, 806, 808, 810. The
components may be software components running in the processor 904,
resident/stored in the computer readable medium/memory 906, one or
more hardware components coupled to the processor 904, or some
combination thereof. The processing system 914 may be a component
of the UE 350 and may include the memory 360 and/or at least one of
the TX processor 368, the RX processor 356, and the
controller/processor 359.
In one configuration, the apparatus 802/802' for wireless
communication includes means for determining that content is
available for reception based on broadcast context information. In
an aspect, the UE may be in an idle or inactive mode, and the UE
may be associated with a first base station that is associated with
a first RAT that does not support broadcasting of the content. The
apparatus 802/802' for wireless communication further include means
for receiving a release message from the first base station, the
release message including redirection information indicating a
second base station associated with a second RAT that supports
broadcasting of the content, means for establishing a connection
with the second base station based on the redirection information,
and means for receiving the content from the second base station
using the second RAT. The aforementioned means may be one or more
of the aforementioned components of the apparatus 802 and/or the
processing system 914 of the apparatus 802' configured to perform
the functions recited by the aforementioned means. As described
supra, the processing system 914 may include the TX Processor 368,
the RX Processor 356, and the controller/processor 359. As such, in
one configuration, the aforementioned means may be the TX Processor
368, the RX Processor 356, and the controller/processor 359
configured to perform the functions recited by the aforementioned
means.
It is understood that the specific order or hierarchy of blocks in
the processes/flowcharts disclosed is an illustration of exemplary
approaches. Based upon design preferences, it is understood that
the specific order or hierarchy of blocks in the
processes/flowcharts may be rearranged. Further, some blocks may be
combined or omitted. The accompanying method claims present
elements of the various blocks in a sample order, and are not meant
to be limited to the specific order or hierarchy presented.
The previous description is provided to enable any person skilled
in the art to practice the various aspects described herein.
Various modifications to these aspects will be readily apparent to
those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein
may be applied to other aspects. Thus, the claims are not intended
to be limited to the aspects shown herein, but are to be accorded
the full scope consistent with the language claims, wherein
reference to an element in the singular is not intended to mean
"one and only one" unless specifically so stated, but rather "one
or more." The word "exemplary" is used herein to mean "serving as
an example, instance, or illustration." Any aspect described herein
as "exemplary" is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or
advantageous over other aspects. Unless specifically stated
otherwise, the term "some" refers to one or more. Combinations such
as "at least one of A, B, or C," "one or more of A, B, or C," "at
least one of A, B, and C," "one or more of A, B, and C," and "A, B,
C, or any combination thereof" include any combination of A, B,
and/or C, and may include multiples of A, multiples of B, or
multiples of C. Specifically, combinations such as "at least one of
A, B, or C," "one or more of A, B, or C," "at least one of A, B,
and C," "one or more of A, B, and C," and "A, B, C, or any
combination thereof" may be A only, B only, C only, A and B, A and
C, B and C, or A and B and C, where any such combinations may
contain one or more member or members of A, B, or C. All structural
and functional equivalents to the elements of the various aspects
described throughout this disclosure that are known or later come
to be known to those of ordinary skill in the art are expressly
incorporated herein by reference and are intended to be encompassed
by the claims. Moreover, nothing disclosed herein is intended to be
dedicated to the public regardless of whether such disclosure is
explicitly recited in the claims. The words "module," "mechanism,"
"element," "device," and the like may not be a substitute for the
word "means." As such, no claim element is to be construed as a
means plus function unless the element is expressly recited using
the phrase "means for."
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